Journey of the Infinite Wizard

The news conveyed by the dwarves is fast and fast. These bitter dwarves who dig mountains and drill holes all day seem to lack the necessary senses for things like enjoyment. They are not keen on farming, doing business and other farming, or what nomads should do. Their minds are full of digging for treasures, various mineral deposits, etc. contained in the mountains and underground. They would separate the metal encased in stone and forge them into all sorts of things, weapons, trinkets and more.

They continue to dig deep into the ground, and build passages and living cities along the way. Although they are short in stature, the city they built is very tall and strong. They use the stones in the mining process for grinding and building their own cities. Regarding the bonding between them, the dwarves seem to have a special method to bond these large boulders with almost no gaps. And it is extremely strong, it can withstand the test of long time and years, and it will not fall down!

Compared with the high elves in terms of civilization, the dwarves in the first era undoubtedly fell behind. The highly developed high elves have a natural sense of superiority when facing dwarves and humans. Whether it is forging, farming, military affairs, or culture and art, the high elves at this moment have already surpassed all races for hundreds of years. Dwarves, as well as humans, have also learned knowledge from high elves. Especially the latter, because human beings are the closest to elves in some respects, and they are both children of Iluvita, so they are naturally close to elves in terms of identity. But it's only the intimacy shown when compared with the dwarves. At other times, the elves are not very kind or warm to humans. They are a group favored by Vera, and they are the eldest sons (eldest daughters) of Iluvita's children, and the inextinguishable fire contained in their souls allows them to enjoy a nearly endless lifespan!

In addition, in some other aspects, elves have too many advantages over dwarves and humans. Super keen five senses, almost magical sixth sense, the latter is especially vividly reflected in the powerful high elves. They always have special superpowers, and talking to people in their minds is just the simplest way to use them. In addition, their body coordination ability is surprisingly strong. Compared with elves, dwarves and humans must go through the most arduous training to achieve this kind of light and sharp body coordination ability. In addition, it also depends on a little bit of talent.

Newborn dwarves and humans more or less possess certain special abilities. However, with the passage of time and the improvement of civilization, their ability almost dissipated little by little. So much so that by the time of the third era, among humans, there was no such special ability. As for the elves, except for the high elves, the talents of the secondary elves are also constantly fading. The most obvious example is the high elves at this moment. Their height generally exceeds 1.9 or 2 meters, and their descendants have obviously regressed in height. Moreover, the body has also become thinner, without the tall and strong body of the high elves.

In fact, in the wars that took place in the First Era, the high elves were able to face the attacks of the evil legion of Morgoth and the evil gods, and even won many times. Their burly, tall and strong figures are indispensable. Less. However, by the second,

During the third era, their descendants often suffered heavy losses in the face of the attacks of the orcs, except for some elites. It is difficult for most elf armies to win more battles with less.

However, the number of high elves who returned east in the First Age was not many. At least Morgoth's legion is many times their size, but it is such a group of elves whose number is far smaller than that of the enemy. Not only repelled Morgoth's legion and his evil gods many times, but even once attacked Morgoth's lair, Angban. And under Morgoth's command, there were five to seven Balrogs alone. This extremely rare and powerful species had only one head left in the third era. What about the other Balrogs? The answer is obvious, killed by the high elves, or there may be a fish that slipped through the net and hid in the unknown deep underground to sleep.

These are some issues that Jiang Ning thought about in the Wang Tent, and these issues have not been revealed in his ethnic group at present. He still has a lot of time to think or verify his guess. It was at this time that the Durin dwarves on the Misty Mountains sent a messenger to answer. They responded quickly, and in less than three days, the dwarves sent messengers again. Jiang Ning was slightly surprised, and then he received the envoy of the independent dwarves in his king's tent.

Looking at the acquaintance, Jiang Ning smiled and said, "Your envoy came very quickly!" He meant something, but the dwarf Dann didn't care, he took out a roll of animal skin from his arms, and his elf The attendant took the roll of animal skin and placed it on the table in front of Jiang Ning. He looked at the somewhat worn-out animal skin, with a few lines of dwarven writing written on it.

"I'm sorry, but I don't understand dwarves' script!"

Dan frowned. The language communication between the two parties was not smooth, and they were able to communicate normally without hindrance, thanks to this special ability of telepathy.

"How about this, let's find a trade method that we can both understand and understand!" After finishing speaking, without waiting for Dan's answer, he took out a roll of clean white parchment, spread it on the table, and took out a dip pen to dip some Ink, drawing on parchment. Because of the language and writing barriers between each other, it is very inconvenient to communicate. Jiang Ning didn't believe in the dwarves, and the dwarves also didn't believe in them elves. Therefore, in order to avoid constant wrangling in possible boring tricks in the future, it is better to solve the possible hidden dangers from the beginning.

He used pictures on the parchment as a substitute for words, and drew what he needed. After thinking about it for a while, he was a little worried, and he deliberately used colored inks to add bright colors to the monotonous pictures. , It also further prevents the occurrence of so-called loopholes. He ordered the finished parchment to be handed over to the dwarf Dan, and then he spoke in his mind with telepathy: "Your envoy, please tell your king when you go back. We, the Isver elves, can provide you with many Things that have never been thought of or seen before. Once the two parties confirm the trade relationship, then you must provide your items according to our requirements. Similarly, we will also use wine, spices and other things as bargaining chips for the two parties to trade with each other !"

Dan unfolded the parchment in his hand and looked at the almost lifelike pictures drawn on it. Through the colors added on it, he could easily understand what the pictures above were telling. It is nothing more than large boulders with different lengths and widths, strips of stone, iron blocks, mithril, feathers, etc. As for gold and silver, to be honest, they don't need it at the moment, these things just look good. But for them now, it is not of much value at all. What they need most at present are various boulders for building cities and feathers for making arrows. There are countless trees in the forest. And to their east, there is an even larger Mirk Forest!

Dan watched carefully. He looked at the boulders and iron blocks, and asked uncertainly, "Dear Your Majesty the Elven King, I would like to ask you about these boulders polished according to your requirements. Is it 1,000 yuan for a barrel of wine? Two spices?" Jiang Ning chuckled inwardly, and he said, "That's right, we don't need your gold, silver and jewels, we only need the stones for building the city, of course the stones are carefully polished according to the specifications we provide. Other than that In addition, we also need high-quality iron blocks, mithril, and bird feathers. Other than that, we don't need anything else!"

Dan's face was a little bad, and he defended, "But Your Majesty the Elf King, don't you think the content of the transaction is a bit unfair?" Jiang Ning said in surprise, "I don't know where your envoy saw the so-called unfairness? "

Dan pointed to the exchange column on the top and said, "A thousand pieces of stone polished according to your requirements can only be exchanged for a bucket of wine, or a couple of spices or sugar? Isn't such a harsh transaction condition too much?" ?”

"No, no, of course not." Jiang Ning shook his head and raised a finger, "These stones are all worthless things, all over the world. Don't say far away, let's talk about the near ones. The Misty Mountains are full of stones." , It just takes a little time. In fact, the price I give is very fair. Compared with the commodities we trade, these are garbage, things that are thrown on the ground and no one will take a second look. They don't have much value at all! And the wines we produce and the delicacies made with spices, you have eaten it yourself and you know how much it is worth. I think the way this transaction is fair, and I don’t want to make changes.”

"But…"

Jiang Ning interrupted him, "Your envoy must understand that we do not urgently need to do business with you. The purpose is to use the basis of trade to further deepen the relationship between our two races, although we don't have to do this. But we I still want to establish a friendship with the dwarves. In addition, I also want to hire you Durin dwarves to help us build the city. The payment can be wine, spices, sugar or soft silk, or shiny gold , silver and jewels!"

Dan thought for a while before saying: "Hire us to build a city for you, I am sorry that my king did not authorize me. I need to ask His Majesty the King, as for the trade relationship between us, I can be sure here Say, the Durin dwarves are willing to enter into friendship and trade with the Elves of Iswyr."

"We are equally happy to establish friendship and trade relations with the Durin dwarves!"

Afterwards, Dann, the emissary of the dwarves, left the king's tent and went to the Misty Mountains. He wanted to tell Durin I about the trade relationship and the request of the elves to hire them to build a city. As for whether Durin I agreed or not, it was not his concern. However, these are not important to Jiang Ning, he doesn't value them at all, and he just wants to build a tall, safe and strong fortress city earlier. Although the trade between the two sides is very unfair to the dwarves, because they have to spend manpower to mine, polish these boulders, and then transport them to the elves. The value of manpower spent during the period is far from the value of a barrel of wine, but Jiang Ning doesn't consider these at all. He is the king of elves, not the king of dwarves. He should consider and focus on the interests of his own kind, not the dwarves. Moreover, he is not the kind of idiot who suffers for himself and makes others gain a lot of money. Whether the dwarves suffer or not has nothing to do with him.